GeneralSecurityException (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.security

Class GeneralSecurityException

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Throwable java.lang.Exception java.security.GeneralSecurityException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Direct Known Subclasses:

BadPaddingException, CertificateException, CertPathBuilderException, CertPathValidatorException, CertStoreException, CRLException, DigestException, ExemptionMechanismException, IllegalBlockSizeException, InvalidAlgorithmParameterException, InvalidKeySpecException, InvalidParameterSpecException, KeyException, KeyStoreException, LoginException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, NoSuchProviderException, ShortBufferException, SignatureException, UnrecoverableEntryException, UnrecoverableKeyException

public class GeneralSecurityException

extends Exception

The GeneralSecurityException class is a generic security exception class that provides type safety for all the security-related exception classes that extend from it.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
GeneralSecurityException() Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with no detail message.
GeneralSecurityException(String msg) Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message.
[GeneralSecurityException](../../java/security/GeneralSecurityException.html#GeneralSecurityException%28java.lang.String, java.lang.Throwable%29)(String message,Throwable cause) Creates a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message and cause.
GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause) Creates a GeneralSecurityException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message ofcause).

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException()

Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with no detail message.

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(String msg)

Constructs a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

Parameters:

msg - the detail message.

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(String message, Throwable cause)

Creates a GeneralSecurityException with the specified detail message and cause.

Parameters:

message - the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the Throwable.getMessage() method).

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by theThrowable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.5

GeneralSecurityException

public GeneralSecurityException(Throwable cause)

Creates a GeneralSecurityException with the specified cause and a detail message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which typically contains the class and detail message ofcause).

Parameters:

cause - the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by theThrowable.getCause() method). (A null value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)

Since:

1.5

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